GL101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Peanut Butter Cup, Nail Biting, Operant Conditioning
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Goal: to (cid:373)odify patie(cid:374)t l07"s u(cid:374)desira(cid:271)le trait of (cid:271)iti(cid:374)g her (cid:374)ails a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)trodu(cid:272)i(cid:374)g a (cid:373)ore desirable behavior. By introducing a new stimulus response pattern when dealing with stress, we hope to decrease the average of biting her nails 20 times a day to never. If she continues to fail the plan twice during the period, she will not be awarded a major prize of a reese"s peanut butter cup. If she continues to fail the plan twice during the period, she will not be awarded a major prize of a reese"s peanut (cid:271)utter (cid:272)up. Record every time patient l07 bites her nails, please check off the box and write a comment/observation about what was happening 5 mins before the nail biting and 5 mins after. Nail biting (negative behavior): swallow a spoonful of soy sauce. Patient l07 has done the negative behavior one time or less: major prize.
